Reviews

*This review contains a lot of spoilers* OK lets just get this over with, I watched this movie last night alone for the first time and too begin with it seemed to be a well-shot, well-acted and well-written movie. Now where the cinematography and acting holds up pretty well throughout the movie, the same cannot be said for the script, the first hour of the movie is great and does exactly what you would expect, creates a chilling atmosphere of uncertainty but the last hour feels more like the script writer had better things to do than give the movie a coherent ending, maybe his printer ran out of ink or his fingers started to hurt, anyways lets recap on the movies plot to see just where it falls apart.

The movie is about a squad of British soldiers in world war 1 that come across a haunted German trench and basically have to survive the horrors that lurk within, sounds like the best movie ever right? Well initially yes, ten minutes into the movie we see our heroes, the men of Y company walking through a foggy field after an intense battle the night before "PURGATORY!!" I immediately shouted at the screen and oh boy was that too easy to call, basically once you understand (and you will, straight away) that the men are already dead the movie seems a little pointless but reguardless I kept watching. So our heroes have been walking in this mist for "a few hours" and eventually they come to "The Trench" there are definite signs of a struggle, charred corpses and battered barricades complete with four terrified German soldiers just aiming down the trench at something we cannot see, even when they are told to put down their weapons they do not even glance at the British soldiers, instead they just look straight ahead, terrified at what they know is within the trench network. This scene was BRILLIANT I cant even describe how excited I felt at watching this scene "This is a film that is going to deliver on it's promises" I thought, unfortunately the fun ends here because pretty much nothing happens for the rest of the entire story, the men are killed off (obviously) one by one in increasingly disappointing ways, all the while i was thinking "just leave the bloody trench!" but even those thoughts were shot down as a character does attempt to leave only to be snared by barbed wire and dragged underground, there's clearly no chance of escape, why am i even watching this? I could put up with the fact that there were no zombies in this movie at all (despite the fact that the movie description on TV specifically said that "the dead rise") and that basically all the characters kill themselves, i could put up with the fact that when they blow up half the trench it starts to bleed. What I couldn't handle was the ending. Now at the very beginning of the movie the British shoot three of the four German soldiers they find in the trench, the last one is helped throughout the movie by the greenhorn of the group, after running around in the dark for 5 pointless minutes our hero emerges from the tunnels to be told by the remaining German soldier that he is "free to go because you are the only one that helped me." OK so this guy is the devil? Or something? Seriously...? THATS THE END?!?! The ending just made me really mad but maybe thats just me, maybe I was expecting more because the movie creates tension quite well, I felt on-edge throughout watching it but ultimately it failed to deliver for me because the story was just too simple.

Thats all I could say upon exiting the movie theatre, I could not think of anything else to say, because to be frank. my mind had melted.

The majority of this film is just pointless filler leading up to the big, ultra-cool, super secret, multi million dollar ending!! and then it goes down hill quicker than an overweight cat with bricks tied to its feet.

Maybe this movie was ruined for me because I love the first two movies and I had high expectations for this one but it really does nothing apart from taking away valuable minutes of your life. Everybody loves somebody, you could spend the evening telling them instead of being subjected to this bad, bad movie.

Here is my advice to anybody who hasn't seen this yet, smash your head in with a hammer. it will take a quarter of the time, make twice as much sense and only be half as painful.

Silent Hill 2 may have blood, gore and more monsters that you could shake a 16 foot knife at, but scratch away at its bloody, rusty exterior and you find what is actually one of the most in-depth game experiences available. The story follows James Sunderland a man searching for his dead wife in the hellish madness that is Silent Hill. What he finds is a realisation that, depending on how you play could lead to James walking away from the town with a realisation about his life and make it better, as this is what the town is trying to show him, he could leave and learn absolutely nothing or he could even kill himself, this is determined exactly on how the player has played through the game.If you have only seen the movie and didn't like, having no other Silent Hill experience don't be put off, the movie is not representative of the whole series, the game is far more clever and the twists are extraordinary. I recommend this very highly to anybody looking for an extremely thought provoking and rewarding gaming experience. Silent Hill is metaphorical, allegorical and philosophical. In two words it is "sheer brilliance"!

Bearin mind that these scores are based on the fact that this game was made in 2001.

Graphics: 7/10 Amazing for early PS2, the characters and cut-scenes are well rendered and refined, the foggy streets of the town convey a feeling of pure dread. The hellish "other world" which you travel through is also masterfully depicted. Unfortunately in this instalment however you never see the transition of the real Silent Hill to the nightmarish "other world".

Music/Sound: 10/10 Music is composed once again by the series' composer Akira Yamaoka, the music ranges from adrenaline pumping electric guitar riffs to sorrowful piano,the use of silence is masterfully incorporated into the game. The soundtrack is so good that you can literally just sit and listen to it and the sounds that the monsters make are far less formal than the sounds which you are perhaps accustomed to with other survival horror games for example resident evil's zombies "urghhhh".

Gameplay: 8/10 Very good, the game has both a huge array of physical weapons and also firearms. On the hard difficulty you really have to be in MENSA to solve the puzzles and the fighting itself is as good as you can expect from a turn-on-the-spot Survival horror. There are a huge number of enemies to defeat and you will not complete the game quickly either if you don't cheat or use a walk through although you may have to as you will find yourself shouting at the screen "What do you want me to do"!?

Creature Design: 10/10 Knowing literally nothing about who is reading this I can safely say that the monsters in this game are nothing like anything that you have ever seen before, they resemble twisted human characteristics and their bodies are contorted thusly for example, the first enemy you encounter is a monster with no arms and looks like it wears a straight-jacket, these monsters represent the patients from the mental hospital in Silent Hill.

Storyline: 10/10 This is where Silent Hill really shines and hands-down defeats its big rival Resident Evil. The story-line is complicated but it is meant to be, the creators wanted a gaming experience we can enjoy but never fully understand, with every new game more questions are answered and the quest to solve the mystery of Silent Hill goes on. It is not as simple as resident evil's idea of "lets go and hunt down zombies", this game if far more intelligent.

The voice overs are amazingly good but thats because it has been translated from the original Japanese. This game isn't for everybody however, there are lots of puzzles and daemons from the darkest depths of hell that you must overcome, which will test your sanity to the very limit.

All in all, I think that game is still the best of any survival horror series and Silent Hill 2 is the best from the Silent Hill series. You need this game.

I really don't think that enough people know about Event Horizon and I wonder why as it is the most terrifying movie which I have had the misfortune to be in the same room as (i mean that in a good way). I really don't understand why it is scary, there isn't too much gore but you really get the feeling that there is something with the characters, a sort of unearthly presence. That combined with the horrific visions, the gut-wrenching ships log and brilliant acting from Sam Niel create a world where every frame of film is infused with pure evil. This is a movie about exploring the unknown, going beyond the limits of what we understand; this is another possible reason for the movies impact which it has on you because there is so much mystery, you do not know where the event horizon has been and came back from and you do not know what befell the last crew members. This movie is no where near as bad as the tag line suggests, don't let that throw you off. This is one movie every person should see, but it isn't for the faint of heart and soul.

This is definitely one of those movies which you have low to moderate hopes for. You watch it for that slim chance that it might just be a hidden jem. I thought that this movie would be exceptionally poor in fact, I am very glad to say that I was very wrong. Night at the museum is suitable for all ages I am 15 myself and watched it with my father and younger brother and all of us agreed that it was well worth watching again. It's humour is funny and as clever as you can expect from a Ben Stiller movie. The story is compelling, the characters have some level of depth and Robin Williams steals the show. I think Night at the museum is quite under rated and is actually a very good movie. So to sum up it is a fun and involving movie to watch and is certainly something very unique. If you like Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller or Robin Williams movies, I would highly recommend this.